What recent events occurred in Venezuela involving President Trump?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Nora Rahm. President Trump is to speak within the hour from his Florida resort on the overnight operation in Venezuela. He said this morning that Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro and his wife have been taken to a U.S. warship. NPR's Franco Ordonez reports.
President Trump said he watched the capture of the Venezuelan leader in real time from a room in Mar-a-Lago. In an interview on Fox News, Trump said there were few injuries but no deaths, at least on the U.S. side.
And they just broke in and they broke into places that were not really able to be broke into. You know, steel doors that were put there for just this reason. And they got taken out in a matter of seconds.
Trump said the U.S. would be involved in determining the future direction of Venezuela, saying the U.S. is making decisions now and that they can't let just anyone run it. Franco Ordonez, NPR News.
U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi says Maduro and his wife will face criminal charges. They've been indicted in the Southern District of New York. The charges include conspiracy to commit narco-terrorism, conspiracy to import cocaine and weapons possession. Bondi says they will face the full wrath of American justice on American soil.
NPR's Carrie Khan has been monitoring events in Venezuela from Rio de Janeiro.
Reports started flooding social media with videos of multiple explosions throughout the city, and I spoke right away with a reporter, Vanessa Silva, and she actually lives right in front of the military airport La Carlota in Caracas. She says there were several fires on the runway, but they were put out quickly, but she could hear airplanes continuing to circle around the Caracas skies for hours.
NPR's Kerry Kahn reporting, Russia is condemning the U.S. actions against Venezuela. NPR's Charles Maines reports from Moscow, Maduro has been an ally of the Kremlin.
In a statement, Russia's foreign ministry called the Trump administration's pretext for attacking Venezuela unfounded. It said if reports of Maduro's capture were true, the U.S. actions marked an unacceptable assault on Venezuela's sovereignty. Despite such expressions of support, Moscow has stopped short of challenging the U.S. more forcefully.
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